Since you left

My Life this winter
has been more still then the lake
that teases me with its ability
to grant other forms of life with sanity
but no, none for me

no gentle touch
or ocean spray
that I miss so much
since you've gone your way
this winter cold nips at my extremities
and caused the ocean surface to freeze

my solitary heart is unable to
sustain the love we built
the life we made
the love we slaved
couldn't prevent the roof from the cave

Jack Frost has trapped Father Time

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poem by Daryl Hennix
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Spoken word *Just Breathe

breathe like its your first time or your last
breathe like you just got an A in class
and you have not studied all year, so you don't know how you passed
inhale, exhale, gasp

breathe like its 5pm Friday afternoon
like your 7 yrs old sitting in front of your television watching Saturday cartoons
breathe like a newborn fresh from his mothers womb
breathe, breathe, breathe,

breathe like your favorite team just won the big game
like the girl you've had a crush on actually knows your name
breathe like the guy you've been eying feels the same
like you'll never again feel pain

breathe like the sun just parted the rain
breathe like the whole world has gone crazy
and your the only one left sane
breathe like every other day is a holiday

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poem by Daryl Hennix
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Just Breathe

! Spoken Word!

breathe like its your first breath or even you last

breathe like you just got an A in class

and you have not studied all year, so you don't know how you passed

inhale, exhale, gasp

breathe like its 5pm Friday afternoon

like your 7 yrs old sitting in front of your television watching Saturday cartoons

breathe like a newborn fresh from his mothers womb

breathe, breathe, breathe,

breathe like your favorite team just won the big game

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poem by Daryl Hennix
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